Asher walked towards his room with an indifferent face, as he was done handling the matter of the kidnapped villagers; since he had already deduced the reason why students shifted away from his direction whenever Asher passed, he was no longer surprised by such behavior, nor did he find it worth acknowledging any longer, as it had already become something expected within his current standing.
Arriving at his room, Asher stepped in, the door closing behind him as he stood silent for a moment, observing it. Although he had been gone for ten days, it felt as though he had been gone forever, as if the passage of time had stretched unnaturally due to everything he had experienced. After a moment of standing still, he walked towards his bed and collapsed face first on it with a sigh, his body sinking into the surface as though releasing the accumulated fatigue.
